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Review of Beaucoup De Piment!

Beaucoup De Piment!

Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble

Osuuskunta No Problem1 Music

Rating: ★★

The principal styles of this debut are spunky Afrobeat and tepid jazz fusion, with the emphasis, disappointingly, on the latter....

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2014

Review of Cigala & Tango

Cigala & Tango

Diego El Cigala

Edge Music/Universal

Rating: ★★

Tango and flamenco have elemental, thematic, tonal and rhythmic differences due to their entirely separate, and exceptional, cultural histories. On...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

Review of La Imagen en Silencio

La Imagen en Silencio

Nacho Eguía

Eguía

Rating: ★★

Buenos Aires has strained connections with its hinterlands; beyond them, provincial Argentina has more in common with Bolivia or Mongolia...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2021

Review of La Samba Contemporain: Samba Recordings by CPC UMES, 1998-2007

La Samba Contemporain: Samba Recordings by CPC UMES, 1998-2007

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Frémeaux & Associés

Rating: ★★★★

‘E bom Cantar’ (It’s time? to sing) is just one of 36 versions of contemporary samba on this dedicated compilation...

Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Through That Sound (My Secret Was Made Known)

Through That Sound (My Secret Was Made Known)

Eliza Carthy and Ben Seal

Hem Hem Records

Rating: ★★★★

A seagull's head on dancer's legs – not at all disturbing or Hieronymous Bosch-like – is artist Kirsty Whiten's cover...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2020

Review of Round #1

Round #1

Boxing Banjo

Boxing Banjo

Rating: ★★★

Boxing Banjo's debut on disc arrives trailing competition glory for the County Mayo quartet, who together have amassed more than...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: December/2018

Review of Enigma

Enigma

Bjonko

No Bounds Records

Rating: ★★★★

Bjonko Stosic is a Danish musician, a clarinettist and saxophonist of South Slav decent. Although he’s marketed as part of...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Tikounen

Tikounen

Kel Assouf

Top of the World

Igloo Records

Rating: ★★★★

Can you have too many Touareg guitar records? Not when they’re as potent as this second album from Kel Assouf,...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2016

Review of Shapes of the Fall

Shapes of the Fall

Piers Faccini

Top of the World

Nø Førmat!/Beating Drum

Rating: ★★★★

Close to two decades ago painter, poet and musical polymath, Piers Faccini, released his solo debut on Label Bleu. Since...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2021

Review of Khawagaka

Khawagaka

Zoo

Yes No Wave

Rating: ★★★★

Khawagaka is the fourth album by the experimental quartet Zoo from Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The band consists of Rully Shabara (vocals),...

Reviewed by Agnieszka Ujma in issue: June/2019

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